Luiza Bedros is an Associated Partner in the Bucharest office with extensive experience handling major M&A transactions, business restructuring, and other complex corporate matters as well as healthcare regulatory issues.

Luiza advises international and domestic clients from a wide range of industries, including food retail, distribution and franchise systems, pharmaceuticals, IT&C, and automotive. She also specialises in antitrust and competition law, advising clients on all aspects of merger control proceedings before the Romanian Competition Council and in connection with antitrust investigations and compliance programmes.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING*

M&A and Corporate

• DAIMLER/INTELLIGENT APPS on the acquisition of Clever Taxi
• HENRY SCHEIN/COVETRUS on the acquisition of Maravet SA, a Romanian wholesaler of animal health products
• ISSWorld GROUP on the divestment of its CEE portfolio and reorganisation of their business model in Romania
• CLAAS on the acquisition of its major dealer, Serv Class, and assistance on the merger control procedure
• KATHREIN SE on the sale of its mobile network antenna business to Ericsson, involving complex asset deal structures and assistance in foreign direct investment screening

Competition & State Aid

• AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY MANUFACTURER on a cartel investigation followed by court proceedings challenging a sanctioning decision issued by the Romanian Competition Council
• A MAJOR EUROPEAN RETAIL CHAIN on a high-profile price-fixing investigation into the retail market, with the client being cleared of all allegations
• LIDL on obtaining merger clearance from the Romanian Competition Council in relation to its acquisition of the Romanian retail chain Plus from Tengelmann—the first referral case from the European Commission to the Romanian Competition Council, followed by an ex-post review by the competition authority of the food retail market
• A DEFENCE TECHNOLOGY GROUP on obtaining an exemption from the standstill obligation granted by the Romanian Competition Council for a joint venture
• AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONICS COMPANY on a price-fixing investigation conducted by the Romanian Competition Council into the TV and mobile phones market

Life Sciences & Healthcare

• A LEADING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY on the set up and authorisation of its Romanian business involving both human and animal health divisions, including ongoing advice on pharma-related regulatory aspects, competition, and other day-to-day issues
• BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB on obtaining wholesale authorisation and ongoing advice on various pharma-related regulatory aspects, competition, and other day-to-day issues
• STADA on the set up and authorisation of its Romanian business and ongoing advice on various pharma-related regulatory aspects, competition, and other day-to-day issues, including on its greenfield investment—the group’s first medicines factory in Romania
• CHIESI on various pharma-related regulatory and corporate matters
• ER-KIM PHARMACEUTICALS, a regional pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, on pharma-related regulatory issues as well as on various corporate and data privacy matters

*Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 2014: King's College, London (UK), Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law
• 2007: National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania, Master's degree in International Relations, Conflict Analysis and Crisis Management
• 2005: Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Romania, Bachelor of Law

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Romanian Union of Lawyers
• Bucharest Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Romanian, English, Spanish, Italian